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Ɵ ARCHITECTURE AND RELATED: 7 vols., comprises: HEMPEL, Eberhard. (1886 - 1967). Baroque Art and Architecture in Central Europe. The Pelican History of Art. Penguin Books, London, 1965. first edition, 8vo., (265 x 185mm), publisher's gilt red cloth, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, dustwrapper unclipped, 200 plates, 370pp; LEES-MILNE, James. (1908 - 1997). The Age of Inigo Jones. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1953. first edition, 4to., (255 x 195mm), publisher's red gilt cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, colour frontispiece, Banqueting House Whitehall, 92 b/w. photo. illustrations and sketches, 242pp; CURRAN, C.P. ( 1883 - 1972). Dublin Decorative Plasterwork of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Alec Tiranti, London, 1967. first edition, 8vo., (255 x 195mm), publisher's dark blur cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, illustrated e/ps., Plan of the City of Dublin, half-title, b/w. and colour photographic and other illustrations, 173 plates, Index, Appendix and List of Dublin plasterers, bibliography & list of plasterers, 124 pp; BARON, Francoise et al. Les Fastes du Gothique le siecle Charles V. Editions de La Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Ministere de la Culture, Paris, 1981. Illustrated catalogue for an Exhibition held at Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 9 octobre 1981-1er fevrier 1982, 4to., (240 x 215mm), French text, 369 plates (a few in colour), 461pp; SEWARD, Desmond. (b. 1935). Prince of the Renaissance, The Life of Francois 1. Author's Presentation to Sir Sacheverell Sitwell. Constable and Company, Ltd., 1973. first edition, 4to., (270 x 195mm), publisher's tangerine cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, illustrated e/ps., inscribed and signed by the author in blue ink to Sacheverell Sitwell on title page, b/w. and colour illustrated throughout, 264pp; together with HORNE, Jonathan. English Tin-Glazed Tiles. Jonathan Horner, 1981: BLUNT, Wifred. The Dream King. Ludwig II of Bavaria. Hamish Hamilton, London, (1970). Provenance: The Art Library of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Weston Hall.    

Ɵ SITWELL, Sacheverell / RUSSELL, James. Old Garden Roses, Part 1, 1955 with Three TLS. relating to Georgia Sitwell and The Times newspaper, 1977. comprises: SITWELL, Sacheverell / RUSSELL, James. Old Garden Roses, Part 1. George Rainbird Ltd., in association with Collins, London, 1955. single volume, first edition, Limited edition of 2160 copies, this being No. 213, folio., (430 x 315mm), original publisher's green papered boards, pink label lettered in gilt to front, colour illustrated with 8 reproductions from paintings by Charles Raymond, foreward by Graham Thomas, 52pp, NPG. tissue wrapping with printed label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. f72 / 6.51n; together with three typescript letters loosely inserted, the first letter - a copy of a typescript letter, unsigned, from Georgia Sitwell to the Literary Editor of the Times, 1977, 12 lines, typed to a single leaf, 'May I be allowed to say a few words in defence of my late, and by me, lamented father-in-law, Sir George Sitwell . . . it seems unnecessary that someone as biased as your reviewer in last Saturday's Times should be allowed thus to malign him . . . the review seems utterly obsessed with the 'social' side of Osbert's autobiographies to the detriment of their literary credits . . . '; the second letter - a response to Lady Sitwell from from Ion Trewin, the Times Literary Editor, October 14, 1977, 10 lines, ' . . .In my opinion . . . it would be a very boring book page if we indulged solely in literary criticism . .'; the third letter - from the original reviewer of the Times article, to Lady Sitwell, October 18, 1977, 22 lines, typed to a single leaf, printed address, Arundel Terrace, Brighton, Sussex, . . . 'Since we were fellow guests at Robin Maugham's 60th birthday party, and I sat next to your husband . . . '.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.  

Ɵ SITWELL, George Baronet. (1860 - 1943). Two Works: Author's Presentation to Florence Alice Sitwell, 1909, with another, 1894. comprises: An Essay on the making of Gardens being a study of old Italian Gardens, of the Nature of Beauty, and the Principals involved in Garden Design, Author's Presentation, signed, to Florence Alice Sitwell. London: John Murray, 1909. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 148mm), publisher's grey cloth, colour blocked Italianate garden scene to front with black short-title, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, inscribed by the author to his sister, in pencil on the half-title, 'Florence Alice Sitwell / from George', with a 1pp. printed leaf 'With the Author's Compliments', loosley inserted, NPG tissue wrapping with label, 109pp, Florence Alice Sitwell (1859-1930) was the daughter of Sir Sitwell Reresby Sitwell, 3rd Baronet, and Louisa Lucy Hely-Hutchinson. Florence was Sir George Sitwell's elder sister. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. a019 / 1.25; The First Whig. An Account of the Parliamentary Career of William Sacheverell The Origin of the Two Great Political Parties and the Events which Led Up to the Revolution of 1688. Scarborough: Printed by the Author at his Private Press, 1894. first edition, reportedly limited to 53 copies, 8vo., (233 x 165mm), half-calf over tan boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, forty-nine illustrations from contemporary engravings and caricatures, (including portrait frontispiece of William Sacheverell), Appendices, Index of Sacheverell's Speeches, Index of Authorities Referred to in the Text. 225pp. An account of the political history of the Whig Party and William Sacheverell, the first Whig leader of the House of Commons. Sir George Sitwell, 4th Baronet, was a British antiquarian writer, a member the House of Commons, 1885-1895, and father of the literary trio, Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.(Qty. 2) Condition Report: 1. An Essay on the making of Gardens being a study of old Italian Gardens - cloth marked, corners a little scuffed, spine marked and bumped head/tail, foxing to edges, with further occasional foxing to pp.93 onwards. 2. minor marks to cloth, a few very light scratches to spine, foxing to untrimmed edges, o/w. clean internally.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, Sacheverell. (1897 - 1988). Six Works: The People's Palace. Roger Senhouse Association copy, Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1918, and five others, 1924-1948. comprises: The People's Palace. Roger Senhouse Association copy, Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1918. first edition of the author's first book, limited to 400 copies, Adventurers All series, No. XXII, which introduced 'young poets unknown to fame', 8vo., (190 x 130mm), terracotta paper wrappers, printed labels to front and spine, edges untrimmed, ownership inscription to head of half-title in red ink, 'Roger Senhouse / Magd: Coll / Oxford', with a loosely inserted page of pencil notes written in Senhouse's hand, about Sitwell and his reasons for choosing the title of this book, engraved title page and frontispiece, 53pp. plus 2pp. publisher's catalogue at end. Roger Henry Pocklington Senhouse (1899-1970), was an English publisher, translator, and a peripheral member of the Bloomsbury Group of writers, intellectuals, and artists. Senhouse attended Oxford University, where he was friends with Michael Llewelyn Davies, one of the boys upon whom Peter Pan was based. In 1935, Senhouse became co-owner with Fredric Warburg of the publishing house which became Secker & Warburg; Southern Baroque Art: A Study of Painting Architecture and Music in Italy and Spain of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Author's Presentation copy to his future wife, Georgia Doble. London: Grant Richards Ltd., 1924. first edition, 8vo., (222 x 150mm), publisher's orange cloth, gilt-blocked decoration to front, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, two pencil inscriptions to top and bottom of front free e/p., 'Georgia Doble', and 'Georgia Doble / from Richmond Temple, April, 1924', further inscribed by the author in black ink to verso of half-title page, 'To / Georgia Doble / from Richmond Temple / with the approval of / Sacheverell Sitwell, 14.8.24', frontispiece and 15 illustrations, 319pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. Sacheverell Sitwell and Georgia Doble were married in Paris, 25 October, 1925. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. C49 / 3.63; Splendours and Miseries, inscribed to the author by Elsa Scammell, Faber and Faber Ltd., 1943. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 150mm), publisher's yellow silver decorated cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, further within glassine wrapper, greenish blue top, others untrimmed, gift inscription to the author in blue ink on front free e/p., 'For Sacheverell Sitwell: / With every good wish / Elsa Scammell', printed label with the address of Rodney and Elsa Scammell to head of page, half-title, 16 illustrations, 265pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. f63 / 6.51e; together with The Thirteenth Caesar and Other Poems. 1924. first edition, 8vo., dustwrapper unclipped, design by G. Severini, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. C42 / 3.70; The Cyder Feast and Other Poems. 1927. first edition, 8vo., dustwrapper unclipped, desin by G. Severini, NPG tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. C44 / 3.71. Selected Poems. 1948. NPG tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. f64 / 6.51f. Provenance: From the Sitwell Family Library.(Qty. 6).Condition Report: 1. The People's Palace - wrappers bright, front wrapper detaching at top, some toning to edges of leaves, o/w. clean internally.2. Southern Baroque Art . . - boards a little marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to edges, title page, and throughout.3. Splendours and Miseries - bright cloth with light marks, lower front cover edge a little grubby, dustwrapper clean within glassine wrapper, a very small tra to glassine wrapper and dustwrapper centre spine, some toning internally, o/w. clean.4. The Thirteenth Caesar and Other Poems - London: Grant Richards, 8vo., (215 x 150mm), publisher's yellow cloth, green printed label to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, 112pp; bright boards, a little creased, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper marked with edge nicks, and tears (with loss) to head/tail of spine, foxing to edges and some further foxing internally.5. The Cyder Feast and Other Poems - Duckworth, London, 8vo., (230 x 150mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, foredge untrimmed, half-title, 93pp; bright clean cloth, a small white mark to front cover, a fainter small mark to lower cover, corners slightly scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, d/wrapper a little marked with clean edge tears and chips, very slight loss to tail of spine, foxing to edges and title page, some toning and further sporadic foxing internally, o/w. reasonably clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ ROBINSON, H Russell. (1920 - 1978). Japanese Arms & Armour. Arms and Armour Press, London, (1969). first edition, 4to., (310 x 253mm), publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, 54 pages of text, 24 colour plates, 112 b/w plates, and 43 line drawings; SETTERWALL, Ake,: FOGELMARCK, Stig: GYLLENSVAARD, Bo. et. al. The Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm, Sweden, Allhems Forlag Malmo, 1974. first edition, 4to., (197 x 230mm), publisher's mustard cloth, lettered in blue to front and spine, dustwrapper unclipped, patterned e/ps., b/w. and colour photo. illustrations throughout, 327pp.Provenance: The Art Library of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Weston Hall.   

Ɵ CARY, Joyce. (1888 - 1957). [Editor Andrew Wright]. The Horse's Mouth. Publisher's Presentation copy to Francis Sitwell. George Rainbird in association with Michael Joseph, 1957. Limited edition, No. 407 of 1500 copies, (Nos. 300-500 have been reserved for the friends of George Rainbird Ltd. & Rainbird, Maclean Limited, Christmas, 1957). single volume, 4to., (260 x 180mm), Mansell's of London decorative cloth, red gilt-lettered label to spine, red top, title page lettering, spine lettering, and chapter numbers engraved by John Woodcock, inscribed and dated by George Rainbird in blue ink to front free e/p., 'To Francis Sitwell / with all good wishes / from George Rainbird / Dec. 1957', portrait frontispiece printed direct from a plate lithographed by the author, 8 full-page illustrations reproduced by photo.-litho offset from the author's drawings, and The Old Strife at 'Plants' (a discarded chapter of the Horse's Mouth), printed at the Curwen Press, London, on Grosvenor Chater's Chariot white offset, 333pp, within a glassine wrapper and contained in a matching Mansell's of London decorative cloth slipcase. The third novel in the author's trilogy first published 1944; Francis Trajan Sacheverell Sitwell (1935 - 2004) was the second son of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, the youngest of the literary trio. Francis, the nephew and godson of Dame Edith Sitwell was named her literary executor following her death in 1964.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.  Condition Report: clean binding, very light foxing to edges, o/w. a clean copy; the slipcase clean and bright.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPIES TO SACHEVERELL AND GEORGIA SITWELL: 4 vols., first editions, 1920-1937. comprises: MOORE, Marianne. (1887 - 1972). Collected Poems. Author's Presentation copy to Georgia and Sacheverell Sitwell. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1951. first US. edition, 8vo., (203 x 145mm), publisher's navy-blue cloth, gilt lettered to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, priced $3.00, inscribed by the author in green ink to front free e/p., 'For my Georgia and Sacheverell Sitwell / who are giving in receiving. / Marianne Moore / October 20. 1952', half-title, integral title page, without errata slip at page 9, printed copyright to verso of title-page, with National Book Awards 1952 gold banner, lettered in blue, 180pp. printed in USA and bound in blue boards, following the withdrawn American issue with orange boards printed and bound by Faber & Faber for both the English and American markets. The American issue was printed with an integral title-page for Macmillan, and exported to the United States. Moore's Collected Poems swept the major literary awards for poetry, winning the Bollingen Prize, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize; BYRON, Robert. (1905 - 1941). The Road to Oxiana. Author's Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1937. first edition, 8vo., (203 x 145mm), publisher's royal blue cloth, gilt lettered to spine, inscribed by the author in black ink to front free e/p., 'To / Sachie / who will understand what there is / to understand / from / Robert', half-title, 16 plates, (including frontispiece), 5 full-page maps, 341pp, 2pp. adverts at end. Robert Byron was a British travel writer, art critic and historian. An account of the author's travels around Persia and Afghanistan, considered on of the most influential travel books of the 1930s. The word 'Oxiana' in the title refers to the ancient name for the region along Afghanistan's northern border; ACTON, Harold. (1904 - 1994). Humdrum. Author's Presentation copy to Georgia Sitwell. Chatto & Windus, 1928. first edition, 8vo., (194 x 135mm), publisher's orange cloth, gilt lettered to spine, lower edge untrimmed, inscribed by the author in black ink to front free e/p., 'To dear Georgia, / hoping to while away / a fast and fleeting / hour or so of her / valuable time / with love / from / Harold. / October / 1928', half-title, 312pp, 4pp. publishers adverts at end. The author's first novel, which he was forced into writing, as his publishers were not prepared to publish his verse unless he gave them a novel as well. The title of the book, amusingly, has a wider significance than at first thought. 1500 copies of the book were printed. Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton, was a British writer, scholar, aesthete, close friend of The Sitwells, and a prominent member of the Bright Young Things. Harold Acton is reputed to have inspired, at least in part, the character of Anthony Blanche in Waugh's novel 'Brideshead Revisited' (1945); BAXTER, Arthur Beverley. (1891 - 1964). The Parts Men Play. Author's Presentation copy to 'Babs' Doble, (Georgia Sitwell), London and Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, Ltd., (1920). first edition, 8vo., (192 x 140mm), publisher's brown cloth, lettered in black to spine, inscribed by the author in black ink to front free e/p., 'To 'Babs' Doble / This is not a good / book but it could / have been worse. / The heroine is not / unlike you, except / that she had red hair / and a heart. / On second thoughts / it is a very good book. / And perhaps in your / next re-incarnation you / may have . . . . red hair! / from Bax / Jan 14/24', foreward by Lord Beaverbrook, 444pp., 2pp. adverts. at end. Sir Arthur Beverley Baxter was a journalist and politician. 'Bax', as he was known to his friends, met fellow Canadian Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, proprietor of the Daily Express in 1919, and joined the newspaper as a lead writer and reporter, becoming managing-editor in 1922. William Walton dedicated a piano arrangement of a piece from Façade (1926) to Baxter's wife, Edith. During the General Strike 1926, Osbert Sitwell and Siegfried Sassoon waited for, and met Baxter outside his Chelsea flat at 2 am, and discussed moderation of the 'bellicose' tone on the strike taken by Express, with the hope of influencing Beaverbrook and seeing the strike resolved. 'Babs' (Georgia) Doble, (1905-1980) was the Canadian born daughter of wealthy banker, Arthur Doble, she married Sacheverell Sitwell in Paris, 12 October, 1925.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.       (QTY. 4)Condition Report: 1. MOORE, Marianne. Collected Poems. Author's Presentation copy to Georgia and Sacheverell Sitwell - the National Book Awards 1952 gold banner, lettered in blue, present but torn, and loosely inserted within the book. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SNOWMAN, A. Kenneth. (1919 - 2002). Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe, Author's Presentation to Sacheverell and Georgia Sitwell. London: Faber and Faber, 1966. single volume, first edition, large 4to. (320 x 263mm), publisher's green buckram, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, gilt top, dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed and dated by the author in blue ink to half-title, 'Sept. '66, / For Sachie and Georgia, / at long last - / with all my grateful thanks / for your bringing so much lustre / to Gold Boxes / With Love Kenneth', foreward by Sacheverell Sitwell, Appendix by F.J.B. Watson, 750 colour and b/w. plates, 192pp.Provenance: The Art Library of Sir Sacheverel Sitwell, Weston Hall.Condition Report: clean bright buckram boards, bright gilt lettering to spine and gilt top, spine slight bumping to head/tail, dustwrapper with marks and a little worn to edges, a clean edge tear approx. 2cm. to l.h. top of front wrapper, and foxing to inside of front flap, foxing to edges affecting some leaf edges, Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SNOWMAN, A. Kenneth. The Art of Carl Faberge. Faber and Faber Limited, 1952. first edition, 8vo., (257 x 205mm), publisher's grey gilt cloth, gilt lettering to red panel on spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, Foreward by Eugene Faberge, b/w. and colour illustrated throughout, 167pp; HABSBURG, Geza Von. (b. 1940): LOPATO, Marina. Faberge: Imperial Jeweller. Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1993. first edition, square 8vo., (228 x 230mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, black e/ps., published on the occasion of the Exhibition Faberge: Imperial Jeweller, held at State Hermitage Museum, St. Peterburg, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 18 June, 1993-2 January, 1994, b/w. and colour photo. illustrated throughout, 476pp; SNOWMAN, A. Kenneth. (1919 - 2002). Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe. Presentation copy, inscribed by Sacheverell Sitwell to Francis and Susanna Sitwell. London: Faber and Faber, 1966. first edition, Large 4to., (320 x 263mm), publisher's green buckram, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, gilt top, dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed and dated by Sacheverell Sitwell to his youngest son and daughter-in-law in blue ink to half-title, 'For / Francis and Susanna / with much love / from / Sachie / 31 August 1966', Foreward by Sacheverell Sitwell, Appendix by F.J.B. Watson, 750 colour and b/w. plates, 192pp; Provenance: The Art Library of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Weston Hall. 

Ɵ FURNITURE: 4 vols., 1927-1973. comprises: MACQUOID, Percy (1852 - 1925). EDWARDS, Ralph. (1894 - 1977). The Dictionary of English Furniture, Vol. III, (M-Z), London: Published at the Offices of Country Life and Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1927. first edition, folio., (410 x 295mm), publisher's green gilt cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, dustwrapper unclipped, green patterned e/ps., half-title, 16 colour plates, numerous in-text b/w. photo. illustrations, 340pp; BRACKETT, Oliver. English Furniture Illustrated. A Pictorial Review of English Furniture from Chaucer to Queen Victoria, Ernest Benn Limited, London, 1950. revised edition, edited by H. Clifford Smith, 4to., (310 x 255mm), publisher's cloth gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, 240 full-page plates, 300pp; HAYWARD, Helena. [editor]. World Furniture. An Illustrated History. Hamlyn, London, New York, Sydney, Toronto, 1975. seventh impression, folio., (345 x 260mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, photo. illustrated e/ps., b/w. and colour illustrations of early Egyptian, Greek and Roman furniture through the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, 320pp; WATSON, F.J.B. Louis XVI Furniture. London: Academy Editions, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1973. square 8vo., (190 x 165mm), publisher's black cloth, white lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, 162pp. text, plus 242 b/w. plates and drawings. Provenance: The Art Library of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Weston Hall. 

Ɵ  LEAPOR, Mary. Poems upon Several Occasions. 2 vols., first edition, contemporary calf, worn, 8vo, 1748-1751.Provenance:Caroline Anne Sabine, printed label; Robert Welton 1789, inscription; Thomas Welton, March 1823, inscription.Caroline Sabine was a subscriber to volume 2 of Poems. Both volumes have subscriber's lists.     

Ɵ SITWELL, George Sir. (1860 - 1943). Letters of the Sitwells and Sacheverells Being a Selection of their Letters and other Documents Preserved in the Muniment-Room at Renishaw, Illustrating Country Life and Public Events in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Scarborough: [Printed by the Author at his Private Press], 1900-1901. first edition, 2 volumes, 4to. (204 x 200mm), calf-backed boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt tops, others untrimmed, half-titles, frontispieces with tissue guards, numerous illustrations from contemporary engravings and caricatures, 284pp., 255pp Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.  Condition Report: Vol. 1 - clean bright cloth boards, a few scuffs to spine, scuffing to lower front corners, some light marks to e/ps., with joint slightly splitting from front board, foxing to edges affecting some leaf edges, o/w. clean internally; Vol. 2 - a few marks and small stains to cloth boards, and some scuffs to spine, e/ps. lightly marked, edges a little grubby affecting some leaf edges, o/w. clean internally, gilt bright to both vols.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  CLARKE, Edward Daniel. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa. 6 vols., first edition, engraved plates, contemporary calf gilt, (good copy), g.e., 4to., 1810-1823.Condition Report: Three volumes with upper joint split.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FRANKLIN, John. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, 1819[-]22. single volume, first edition, 4 folding maps, 30 plates (of which 11 hand-coloured), extra-illustrated with the 11 coloured plates also in uncoloured state, nineteenth century half calf, 4to, 1823. 'One of the most terrible journeys on record, many of the party dying from cold, hunger or murder. The distance travelled was some 5,500 miles, and Franklin's narrative at once became a classic of travel literature' (The Hill collection of Pacific voyages, 2004). Condition Report: Plates a little spotted, binding slightly rubbed and slightly faded.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  HEWITSON, William C. British Oology. 3 volumes, (including supplement), first edition, 169 hand-coloured lithographed plates, with an autograph letter signed from the author in vol. 1, (3pp., advising an unnamed correspondent about obtaining eggs), presentation note from W.H. Mullens (author of A bibliography of British ornithology) to Thomas Parkin, contemporary half morocco, Newcastle, no date, [1831-1842].Oology is the study of birds' eggs. This work by Hewitson is described by Mullens (who presented this copy to Thomas Parkin) as 'a standard work and esteemed for the exactness of the figures'.Condition Report: Binding very slightly rubbed. very light foxing in volume 2, heavier to the first few pages, first plate and and leaf edges of last few pages. A few versos of the plates with light foxing, o/w. plates clean and bright. Volume 1 with a few very light marks to some of the plates plates, o/w. also clean and bright internally. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  WASHINGTON, George. [American State Papers]. Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress, written during the war between the United Colonies and Great Britain, by His Excellency George Washington. 2 vols. in one, first edition, both with additional titles / half-titles, with related press cuttings at beginning and manuscript notes at end, contemporary calf, 8vo., 1795. Condition Report: a few marks to boards, corners slightly scuffed, label to spine lifting at l.h. top corner, joint weak to front board, newspaper articles pasted to the two front free endpapers, a clean tear to l.h. top corner of title page, a few light marks to some pages, o/w. internally clean and bright. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  POLYBIUS. THE HISTORY . . . translated by Edward Grimeston. first complete edition in English, single volume, woodcut title, folding plan, ('The plot of the Romanes campe'), old calf, new endpapers, folio., London, N. Okes for Cornelius Bee, 1634. Condition Report: Lacks first leaf (blank), binding rubbed, worn at head of spine. boards marked, corners scuffed, 2 small splits to leather at top of spine, r.h. edge of title page a little ragged (with loss) and the first 6pp. stained to r.h. lower leaf edges, some crinkling to pages throughout. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ BYRON, John. The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron . . . Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and his Companions on the Coast of Patagonia . . . also with a description of the loss of the Wager, man of war. single volume, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, contemporary calf, 8vo, 1768. 'Byron's narrative of the loss of the Wager is one of the most thrilling in the language, and supplied his illustrious descendant with many particulars for the shipwreck in Don Juan' (Sabin, A Dictionary of Books relating to America).(Qty. 1)

Ɵ  CANES, Francisco. Diccionario Espanol Latino-Aribigo. 3 vols., first edition, double column, roman, italic and Arabic type, half-titles and errata leaf in each volume, contemporary calf, folio., Madrid, 1787. Intended for the use of missionaries in Africa and the Middle East, this is an early dictionary focusing on colloquial rather than classical Arabic. Condition Report: Binding rubbed and worn.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  CERVANTES, Saavedra, Miguel de. Exemplaire Novells in sixe books. first edition in English, contemporary calf, [ESTC S107640 (title with wording 'Exemplaire')], foilo, John Dawson for R.M., 1640. Rare. There seems to be no copy recorded at auction since 1986. Novelas ejemplares (Exemplary Novels) was first published in Spain in 1613 and was a collection of twelve novellas written by Cervantes between 1590 and 1612.Condition Report: front board present but detached, corners worn and scuffed, spine worn with a small circular hole top centre, title page and first 24pp with ragged and marked at leaf edges (some loss) and stained to lower leaf edges, some pages crinkled with sporadic light foxing and marks - heavier to pp.144-145, 308-309,310-311, some heavier marks to leaf edges to pp.320-322, final page creased with ragged leaf edges. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  MILTON, John. Paradise Lost. single volume, first edition, nineteenth-century signature of Harriet Wrightson on blank leaf, early nineteenth-century calf, small 4to., London: S. Simmons to be sold by S. Thomson, H. Mortlack, M. Walker, R. Boulter, 1668. Condition Report: Slight staining at foot of some pages. Scuffs and marks on some pages. Please refer to additional images. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ COOK, Capt. James. A Voyage Towards the South Pole. 2 vols., first edition, 64 maps and plates, many folding, contemporary calf, (good copy), spines gilt and with labels, 4to., 1777.This was Cook's second voyage, in which he was ordered by the Admiralty to 'circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible in search of any southern continents. Cook proved that there was no 'Terra Australis' which supposedly lay between New Zealand and South America, but became convinced that there must be land beyond the ice fields. The men of this expedition became the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. Further visits were made to New Zealand, and... Cook made an astonishing series of discoveries and rediscoveries including Easter Island, the Marquesas, Tahiti and the Society Islands, Niue, the Tonga Islands, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, and... rounding Cape Horn, on the last part of the voyage, Cook discovered and charted South Georgia' (Hill, Pacific Voyages).Condition Report: Very slight wear to foot of spine vol. 1.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SALE, George. The Koran. first edition of Sale's translation, single volume, folding engraved map, one folding plate (of Mecca) and 3 genealogical tables (all folding, 2 are pasted together), contemporary calf, 4to., 1734. The first edition of Sale's translation from Arabic into English of the Koran, to which he added an extended 'preliminary discourse', which comprised a compendium of all that was known about the religion of Islam at that time.(Qty. 1)Condition Report: Last leaf with loss to blank area, tear in margin of one plate, slightly stained in margin at beginning, binding slightly worn.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ [ENGELBACH, Lewis]. Naples and the Campagna Felice. first edition, single volume, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, 2 maps (1 folding) and engraved plates by Thomas Rowlandson and others, all hand-coloured, plate list at end, nineteenth-century half calf, 8vo., 1815. Condition Report: Occasional spotting.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ [VIGUIER, Pierre Francoise]. Elemens de la Langue Turque. single volume, first (and only) edition, half-title, errata leaf at end, contemporary calf, spine gilt, 4to, Constantinople, de l'imprimerie du palais de France, 1790. Printed at the French embassy press at Constantinople established by Choiseul-Gouffier in 1787. Printed at the French embassy press in Constantinople established by Choiseul-Gouffier in 1787. The books printed at the press were 'mostly military or scientific and included Turkish translations of Fitte-Clave's Elémens de castramentation and Truguet's Tactique navale. Choiseul-Gouffier was keen to see printing re-established in Turkey, and there may well have been some degree of co-operation between his press and the refounding under Abdul Hamid I of the Turkish press (first established by Ibrahim Müteferrika), which led to the printing of Vauban's work on mines, the Fenn-i Lagim' (Navari, The Ottoman World).(Qty. 1)Condition Report: Binding slightly worn.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  ROSS, John. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829[-]1833. single volume, first edition, coloured folding map, 30 plates and charts, (9 coloured), later half calf, 4to., 1835.Ross and his men spent four winters in the Arctic. 'In searching for a passage south from Regent's inlet, the Victorywas stopped by ice, and spent the winter of 1829-30 in Felix harbour. In the summer of 1830 she got a few miles further south and wintered in Victoria harbour. But there she remained, held fast by the ice, and in May 1832 was abandoned. Ross and his men made their way to Fury Beach, where they passed a fourth winter in a hut built from the wreck of the Fury. They remained healthy by eating an Inuit diet. In the summer of 1833 they succeeded in reaching Ross's old ship, the Isabella in Lancaster Sound, and in her returned to England in October' (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).(Qty. 1) Condition Report: short tear to map, plates spotted, binding slightly rubbed and slightly faded.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ THEVNOT. The Travels . . . into the Levant. single volume, first English edition, engraved portrait (cut down and mounted), 3 plates, errata leaf, contemporary calf, folio, 1687.Condition Report: Portrait cut down and mounted, occasional slight soiling, binding worn, lower cover detached.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ BELL, James S. Journal of a Residence in Circassia. 2 vols., first edition, half-titles, folding map, 12 plates (3 coloured, 8 tinted, 1 plain), original cloth, 8vo., 1840. Condition Report: spine somewhat faded.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ AFRICA: 3 vol., nineteenth-century. comprises: TULLY, R. Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli in Africa. 6 plates, (5 hand-coloured), facsimile title page (for second edition), contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, 4to., 1817; GALTON, F. The Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa. first edition, plates, folding map, green Spanish-style calf by Riviere, g.e., 8vo., 1853; ANDERSSON, C.J. Lake Ngami . . . second edition, plates, folding map, illustrations, original cloth, 8vo., 1856. (Qty. 3).SOLD NOT SUBJECT TO RETURN.Condition Report: 1. Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli in Africa - contemporary calf rubbed.3. Lake Ngami - original cloth faded, short tears at head of spine.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  CANADA and NORTH AMERICA: 10 volumes. Report of the Proceedings connected with the Disputes between the Earl of Selkirk and the North-West Company. first English edition, Montreal printed: London reprinted by B. M'Millan, 1819. - BIRBECK, Morris. Notes on a Journey in America, from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois, lacks map, 1818, both volumes contemporary (? original) cloth, bit faded and soiled; and 8 others.SOLD NOT SUBJECT TO RETURN.Condition Report: Parry's Voyages - cloth worn and marked, spines bumped head/tail, internally reasonably clean; Trials in Upper Canada - boards creased with light marks, corners bumped and scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, internally clean; Head's Narrative - some light marks and fading to green cloth, gilt bright, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, joint split to front pastedown, internally clean; Birbeck's Journey to America - boards marked and faded, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, internally clean; History of America in Greek, some marks and scuffs to leather boards, bright gilt and labels, internally clean. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  YOUNG, A. A Tour in Ireland. first edition, single volume, 2 plates, subscriber's list, ownership inscription of Mary Heber, contemporary half calf, 4to., 1780.Condition Report: Corners rubbed, some wear and scuffs to spine, clean internally with some toningCondition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ [PARSONS, Philip]. Newmarket: or, and Essay on the Turf. 2 vols., first edition, contemporary half calf, 8vo., 1771. Rare. Just three copies listed on ESTC [T54378] in British Isles. 

Ɵ MORTON, John. The Natural History of Northampton-shire. single volume, first edition, folding map, 14 plates, contemporary panelled calf gilt, folio., 1712.Condition Report: Binding expertly rebacked, lacking label.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: 8 volumes. BRIDGES, John. The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, 2 vols., first edition, seemingly without the plates usually called for but instead extra-illustrated with c.47 plates (final leaf 'Directions to the binder for plates...' at end vol.2 is pasted over), contemporary calf, rather worn, folio, Oxford, 1791. - BAKER, George. The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton, 2 vols., first edition, plates, contemporary russia, spines somewhat rubbed, vol.2 lacking head of spine, folio, 1822-1830. - BAKER, A.E. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases, 2 vols., original cloth, 8vo, 1854; and 2 others by Whellan and DrydenSOLD NOT SUBJECT TO RETURN.

Ɵ HUTCHINSON, William. The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham. 3 vols., first edition, engraved pictorial titles, plates, folding printed pedigrees, contemporary tree calf, 4to., Newcastle, 1785 - Carlisle, 1794: With related ephemera tipped in, comprising 2 receipts to Mrs Bland for her subscription to vol. 1 and 2 (both signed by Hutchinson), 2 notices 'To the subscribers . . . ' (one signed by Hutchinson) and 'Proposals for printing by subscription . . . '.Condition Report: Binding with some wear, covers becoming detached.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ GOVERNMENT, LAW, etc. 17th and 18th century folios, 7 volumes. SIDNEY, Algernon. Discourses concerning Government, first edition, 1698 - [ALLESTREE, Richard] The Works... the second impression, frontispiece, first few leaves with slight water damage at lower edge, Oxford, 1687. - TEMPLE, Sir William, The Works, 2 vols., first edition, 1720. - PUFENDORF, Samuel von. Of the Law of Nature and Nations, third edition, 1717. - DOMAT, Jean. The Civil Law in its Natural Order, 2 vols., first edition in English, 1722; all contemporary calf, rather worn, folio (7).SOLD NOT SUBJECT TO RETURN.  

Ɵ TROLLOPE, Anthony. The Last Chronicle of Barset. 2 vols., first edition, plates, contemporary red half morocco, 8vo., 1867.

Ɵ POETRY: 15 Works in 3 volumes, nineteenth-century. [BYRON, G.G.N.] The Giaour, half-title, 1813. - [HEMANS, Felicia] Modern Greece, 1817. - [HODGSON, F.] Childe Harold's Monitor, 1818. - [BYRON, G.G.N.] The Age of Bronze, 1823. - SCOTT, W. The Field of Waterloo, Edinburgh, 1815, these 5 works in one vol., first editions; and 10 others in 2 vol. by Richard Payne Knight, Louisa Poulter, Michael Wodhull and others (full list available), together 3 vol., uniform contemporary half russia, one spine worn (not the Byron vol.), 8vo.SOLD NOT SUBJECT TO RETURN. Condition Report: FULL LIST:[Byron, G.G.N.] The Giaour, 1813 - [Hemans, Felicia] Modern Greece, 1817 - [Hodgson, F.] Childe Harold's Monitor, 1818 - [Byron, G.G.N.] The Age of Bronze, 1823 - Scott, W. The Field of Waterloo, Edinburgh, 1815Knight, H. Gally. Phrosyne, 1817 - Knight, Richard Payne. A Monody on the Death of... Charles James Fox, 1806-7 - Wiffen, J.H. Jerusalem Delivered, 1821[Davenport, E.] The Golden Age, 1823 - [Poulter, Louisa] Imagination, 1820 - Bayly, T. Erin, 1822 - [Bentley, R.] Patriotism, a Mock-Heroic... second edition, 1765 - Wodhull, M. The Equality of Mankind, 1799 - [Ireneo, S.] Tributi per l'istallazione di S.A.R. Duca di Gloucester..., Cambridge, 1811 - An Ode performed in the Senate-House at Cambridge, June 29, 1811..., Cambridge, 1811  Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY POETRY: 9 vols., 4to., THOMSON, James. The Seasons, 5 parts in one (as often, including Britannia, second edition, 1730), 5 engraved plates, 1730; bound with The Tragedy of Sophonisba, 1730, 2 vols. in one, a poor copy, occasional spotting or soiling, contemporary calf, worn, upper cover detached - [YOUNG, E.] The Complaint, or Night-thoughts... second edition, 2 vols., title to first repaired, second with frontispiece, 1742-1744. - GRAY, T. The Poems... second edition, portrait, 1775. - GOLDSMITH and PARNELL. Poems, 1795, bound with: SOMERVILLE, W. The Chase, 1796, together 2 vols. in one, wood-engraved illustrations by Bewick - [DARWIN, E.] The Botanic Garden... third edition, inscription on title 'Harriet Duchess of St. Albans 1829. This book was given to the Duchess when Miss Coutts by Mr Fuseli', plates, some by Blake after Fuseli, title soiled, upper cover detached, 1795. - FORTEGUERRI, N. The first canto of Ricciardetto... translated by Sylvester (Douglas) Lord Glenbervie, inscribed 'From the author', spine faded, 1822, all contemporary calf or russia; and 2 others.SOLD NOT SUBJECT TO RETURN. 

Ɵ LOCKE, John. Posthumous Works. single volume, first edition, contemporary panelled calf, 8vo., 1706.Condition Report: Binding very slightly rubbed.Condition Report Disclaimer

LIBERTY, ARTS & CRAFTS DESIGN EMBROIDERED SILK BOX Worked by 'Eddie' made up by Liberty, as a birthday gift to Georgiana Mary Thomas, see monogram on lid and accompanying letter of provenance and old wrappings; together with part worked lace, old bills of purchase to Lady Sitwell, and a letter referring to the history of the box and a First Edition of 'The Romance of the lace pillow' 1919, later dedicated in 1942; a black Japanned lace box; a 19th century Dickens & Jones card box dated 1894, an early 20th century John Barker & Co. card box, and early de la Rue card box; two 19th century Spanish machine blond lace mantillas and a similar cape together with other lengths of machine laceCondition Report: Box- inside lid has slight wear to edges, cording loose in part, overall good; one mantilla good but with a small area of staining, the other two pieces fragile, small splits to lace joins.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ NASH, Paul. (1889 - 1946). Genesis: Twelve Woodcuts by Paul Nash with the First Chapter of Genesis in the Authorised Version. Georgia Doble and Robert Gathorne-Hardy Association copy, Soho: Nonesuch Press, 1924. single volume, first edition, Limited edition, numbered 208 of 375 copies, 4to., (275 x 195mm), original black boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, edges untrimmed, signed and dated in pencil to front free e/p., 'Georgia Doble / May 1924', and further signed to front free e/p., 'R.E. Gathorne Hardy / May 1924', twelve wood-engravings in black and white after Paul Nash, printed at the Curwen Press, in Rudolph Koch's Neuland type on Zanders hand-made paper with the Curwen Press watermark. Georgia Doble (1905-1980), married Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet (1897-1988), in Paris, October 25, 1925. Robert Gathorne-Hardy (1902-1973), was a British writer, botanist, horticulturalist, and a friend of the Sitwells.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall. Condition Report: boards a little marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped at tail (with some loss), a small tear to the black paper of centre spine (approx. 4cm.), light marks, light foxing and toning to e/ps., leaf edges toned, occasional light marks and toning internally, o/w. clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ AUBREY BEARDSLEY: WALKER, R.A. [editor]. The Best of Beardsley. 1948, Presentation copy from Reresby Sitwell to Sacheverell Sitwell, 1951, and 2 related vols., 1967-1976. comprises: WALKER, R.A. [editor]. The Best of Beardsley. Presentation copy from Reresby Sitwell to Sacheverell Sitwell, London: The Bodley Head, 1948. large 4to., (285 x 225mm), first edition, publisher's yellow cloth decorated in black, black lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, inscribed by Reresby Sitwell to his father, neatly in pencil to front free e/p., 'For My Darling Daddy / with all my very best wishes / and love from Reresby / Christmas 1951', 21pp text, 111 plates; READE, Brian. Beardsley. London: Studio Vista, (1967). first edition, Large 4to., (313 x 225mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, portrait frontispiece after Sickert, Introduction by John Rothenstein, b/w. and colour illustrations throughout, 372pp; BROPHY, Brigid. Beardsley and his World. London: Thames and Hudson, 1976. first edition, 8vo., (240 x 187mm), yellow publisher's gilt cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, b/w. photographs and illustrations throughout, bibliography, 128pp. Provenance: The Art Library of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Weston Hall.  

Ɵ GAZETTE DU BON TON. 24 issues, 1912 - 1920. with RAOUL DUFY, Croquis De Modes, 1920. comprises. GAZETTE DU BON TON. 24 issues, Art-Modes & Frivolities, Emile Levy Editeur, Paris: Librarie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1912-1920. 24 issues, first editions, 4to., (256 x 195mm), original cream card wrappers, lettered in black, edges untrimmed, pages and plates mostly loose within the wrappers, incomplete with 184 lithograph plates, including 10 double-page, and two panoramas, Directeur, Lucien Vogel, French text. comprises: 12 issues, Nos. 1 - 3. n.d. (1912), No. 4. Fevrier, 1913 - No. 12. Octobre, 1913; a single issue, No. 7. Juillet, 1914, 2 Annee, London: William Heinemann, Paris, Berlin, New York, Buenos Aires, within additional white paper wrappers; a single issue, Nos. 8-9. Ete 1915, 2 Annee, Paris: Librarie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, with a decorated printed note to last page, 'Acheve d'imprimer sur les presses de la BON TON le 15 juin 1915, 316 jour de la Guerre' ('finished printing at the printers of Gazette du Bon Ton, 15th June, 1915, 316th day of the War'); 10 issues, Nos. 1-10. Janvier - Fevrier 1920, 3rd Annee, The Field Press, Beams Buildings, London, (not published in January and August). This Influential monthly fashion, beauty and lifestyle magazine was published 1912-1920, during a period of revolutionary change in art and society, (with an interruption to publication during the Great War). The magazine signed exclusive contracts with seven of Paris' top couture houses and collaborated with artists and illustrators of the day, including Georges Barbier, Jean Bakst, Pierre and Jacques Brissaud, Raoul Dufy and others, to reproduce the top designers' creations. Each issue featured ten full-page fashion lithograph plates, (seven depicting couture designs and three inspired by couture, designed solely by the illustrators). A showcase of the Art of Living and French taste during the Roaring Twenties; together with DUFY, Raoul. (1877 - 1953). Croquis de Modes Soieries de Bianchini-Férier & Cie. Gazzette du Bon Ton, No. 1, Fevrier, 1920. first edition, 4to., (245 x 194mm), original paper wrappers lettered in brown to front, pages and plates loose within wrappers, 16pp, + 7 plates, (nos. I, II, III, IIII, V; VI, VII). (Qty 25) Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall. Condition Report: No. 1 (n.d. 1912) - 9 plates, lacks Pl. V.No. 2. (n.d. 1912)) - 10 platesNo. 3. (n.d. 1912) - 10 plates, including Pl. III, double-page.No. 4. Fevrier, 1913 - 9 plates, lacks Pl. X.No. 5. Mars 1913 - 10 plates,No. 6. Avril 1913 - 10 plates. No. 7. Mai 1913 - 10 plates, including Pl. I, double-page.No. 8. Juin 1913 -10 plates, including Pl. I, double-page.No. 9. Juillet 1913 - 10 plates.No.10. Aout 1913 - 10 plates includes Pl. I, double-page.No. 11. Septembre 1913 - 10 plates, includes Pl. 1, double-page.No. 12. Octobre 1913 - 10 plates.Juillet, 1914, 2 Annee, No. 7, London: William Heinemann. - 9 Plates, including 63, 64, 66-72, lacks Pl. 65.Ete 1915, 2 Anne, Nos. 8-9. - 6 plates, includes Pl. 2-5, double-page, and Pl.6, panorama.Janvier-Fevrier 1920, No. 1. - 8 plates, lacks Pl. 9 + 10.(Mars) 1920. No. 2. - G. Franconnet Plates, Nos. 11-16, and Pl. 9, double-page, Pl.10, Pl.11, Pl. 14, Pl. 15. (Avril) 1920. No. 3. - 7 plates, Pl. 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23.(Mai) 1920. No. 4. - 7 plates, Pl. 24 - 29, and Pl. 31, includes panorama Plate, 'Robes pour l'ete 1920'.(Juin) 1920 No. 5. - 7 plates, Pl. 33-39.(Juillet) 1920. No. 6. - 7 plates, Pl. 40-47, lacks Pl. 42.(Septembre) 1920. No. 7. - 8 plates, 48-55.(Octobre) 1920. No. 8. - 6 plates, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62, 63.(Novembre) 1920. No. 9. - 8 plates, 64-71.(Decembre) 1920. No. 10. - 8 plates, 72-79. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ ART BALLET AND RELATED: includes a signed programme, exhibition catalogues, a photograph, and a TLS. to Sacheverell Sitwell. comprises: HASKELL, Arnold L. (1903 - 1980). Baron at the Ballet, Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell from Mark Bonham Carter, Collins Publishers, London, 1950. publisher's red gilt cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, Foreward by Sacheverell Sitwell, Preface by Baron, 222pp., with a loosely inserted typescript letter, signed, 1pp, 6 lines, written to Sacheverell Sitwell, Weston Hall, Towcester, Northamptonshire, from Mark Bonham Carter, Collins Publisher's St. James's Place London, dated 28 November, 1950, 'Dear Mr.Sitwell, I enclose a copy of BARON / AT THE BALLET to which you so kindly / wrote the foreward and I hope the / book comes up to your expectations. / Certainly we are most grateful to you for the help you gave us. / Yours sincerely, / Mark Bonham Carter'; WINDHAM, Donald / KIRSTEIN, Lincoln. [editors]. Dance Index. The Stage and Ballet Designs of Eugene Berman by Allison Delarue. Vol. V, No. 1, 1946, inscribed to Sir Osbert Sitwell from Allison Delarue. 8vo., (235 x 188mm), illustrated paper wrappers, photo. illustrated throughout, inscribed in black ink to front cover, 'For / Sir Osbert Sitwell / a token of / appreciation / Allison Delarue', 23pp; FELLOWES, Daisy. (1890 - 1962): VERTES, Marcel. (1895 - 1961). Les Dimanches de la Comtesse de Narbonne. Editions de France, Paris, 1935. first edition, limited edition of 1000, 4to., (263 x 230mm), original soft pictorial pink illustrated wrappers, edges untrimmed, ink flower illustration and inscription to half-title, 'to Emerald / with my love', in-text and full-page illustrations by Vertes, 192pp: Castello di Montegufoni, Italy, South Entrance. a sepia photograph, 26cm x 20cm, within a clear plastic sleeve, with NPG. label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. a32 / 1.246; BEERBOHM, Max. (1872 - 1956). Max's Nineties. Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1958. first edition, 4to., (293 x 228mm), publisher's original wavy, striped pink and grey paper covered boards, gilt title to burgundy buckram spine, dustwrapper unclipped, black e/ps., half-title, 10pp. Introduction by Osbert Lancaster, 46 captioned full-page monochrome plates; with CALLOWAY, Stephen. Twentieth-Century Decoration. The Domestic Interior from 1900 to the Present Day. Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 1988. first edition, green cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, 215 colour illustrations, 310 b/w. illustrations, 407pp., within white card slipcase; BEATON, Cecil. Photobiography by Beaton, Odhams Press Limited, London, 1951; MACINNES, Colin. Nolan, Thames and Hudson, London, 1961; 'HIS MASTERS VOICE', Catalogue, August 1920. 8vo., photo. illustrated green and white paper wrappers, 16pp. together with seven exhibition catalogues, 1931-1994. (Qty 17). Provenance: The Art Library of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Weston Hall.     Condition Report: EXHIBITION CATALOGUES INCLUDE- Henri Matisse, Expostion organisee au profit de L'Orphelinat des Arts, Galeries George Petit, Paris, 16 juin - 25 juillet, 1931, 4to., (290 x 230mm), cream card wrappers, cream dustwrapper with raised blue lettering to front, edges untrimmed, 24 full-page b/w. photo. reproductions, 8pp. adverts at end, catalogue lists 142 works; Tchelitchew. The Gallery of Modern Art, New York, 20 March 1963 - 19 April, 1964. catalogue lists 322 works, 69pp.; John Piper. The Tate Gallery, London, 30 November 1983 - 22 January, 1984. catalogue lists 171 works, 152pp.; John Piper The Sitwell's Montegufoni, The Maclean Gallery, London, 28 January - 20 February, 1981. some prices marked in blue ink manuscript beside the catalogue entries of 4 works, with a price list loosely inserted, catalogue lists 14 works, 20pp., NPG. tissue wrapping and label; Gwen John, An Interior Life, Phaidon Press and Barbican Art Gallery, 1984-85. catalogue lists 126 works; Rex Whistler's War 1939-July 1944, Artist into Tank Commander, National Army Museum, 1994. catalogue lists 149 works; T.E. Lawrence. Lawrence of Arabia. National Portrait Gallery, London, 1988-1989. catalogue lists 363 works; C/R: Les Dimanches de la Comtesse de Narbonne. Editions de France - covers marked and creased, torn to lower spine, foxing to untrimmed edges and throughout.Max's Nineties - a few light marks to dustwrapper, o/w. a clean copy.Twentieth-Century Decoration. The Domestic Interior from 1900 to the Present Day - a clean copy, the slipcase marked with a few stains. Henri Matisse, Expostion - front board present but detaching, foxing to dustwrapper and untrimmed edges affecting leaf edges, and further foxing throughout.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ WELLS, H. G. (1866 - 1946). Two Works: Author's Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell, and another 1927-1930. comprises: Democracy Under Revision. A Lecture Delivered at the Sorbonne, March 15th, 1927. Leonard & Virginia Woolf, the Hogarth Press, 1927. first edition in book form, 8vo., (190 x 130mm), original blue cloth, green spine with printed label, dustwrapper present (torn, and in three parts), inscribed and dated in black ink by the author on half-title page to Sacheverell Sitwell, 'a part ? return / to Sacheverell Sitwell / from H.G. Wells / June 1927', 47pp; Private and Confidential. Settlement of the Trouble Between Mr. Thring and Mr. Wells. A footnote to the Problem of the Troublesome Collaborator. Printed for private circulation only amongst those who received the previous pamphlet, 1930. first edition, Limited edition, No. 111 of 225 copies, 8vo., (223 x 145mm), original stiff light orange wrappers, foredge and lower edges untrimmed, half-title, 23pp.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.Condition Report: 1. Democracy Under Revision - cloth marked, corners slightly scuffed, spine bumped at tail, dustwrapper present, in three parts, front wrapper with flap detached and loosely slipped in the book, and lower wrapper with flap attached, with light foxing and loss, some foxing and marks to e/ps. toning internally, o/w. clean.2. Settlement of the Trouble Between Mr. Thring and Mr. Wells - covers marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped to head and more so to tail, foxing to e/ps. and leaf edges. with further sporadic light foxing to a few pages.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, Osbert. (1892 - 1969). Two Works: Presentation copies to Edith and Sacheverell Sitwell, 1923 -1939. comprises: Out of the Flame. Presentation to Sacheverell Sitwell, London: Grant Richards Ltd., 1923. first edition, 8vo., (215 x 150mm), original smooth olive green cloth, florescent orange paper label pasted to spine, lettered in black, pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped, inscribed and dated by Osbert in pencil to front free e/p., 'To / Dearest Sachi / from Osbert / 14.6.23', half- title, frontispiece tipped in, 95pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. c45 / 3.69; Escape with Me! An Oriental Sketch-Book. Presentation to Edith Sitwell, London: Macmillan, 1939. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 150mm), original publisher's emerald green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, red bird illustrated e/ps., inscribed and dated by the author in black ink to front blank, 'For / darling Edith / from her / devoted brother / Osbert / November -3-1939', NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e64 / 5.50c. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.Condition Report: 1. Out of the Flame. - clean, bright cloth and label to spine, corners and spine a little bumped, dustwrapper marked, with some edge nicks and two neat tape repairs to inside top of wrapper, o/w. clean internally.2. Escape with Me! An Oriental Sketch-Book - clean, bright cloth, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with signs of wear and edge nicks, especially to top of spine, a tape repair lower l.h of front of wrapper, toning to e/ps., o/w. a clean copy internally.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  SITWELL, Osbert. (1892 - 1969). Five Works: Four Author's Presentations to Sacheverell and Georgia Sitwell, and one other, 1952-1962. comprises: Wrack at Tidesend: A Book of Balnearics. Author's Presentation, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1952. first edition, 8vo., (223 x 150mm), publisher's smooth orange buckram, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, black top, pictorial dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed by the author and dated in blue ink to front free e/p., 'For / darling Sachie and Georgia / with love / from Osbert / May.5.1952', 94pp., The second volume of 'England Reclaimed', NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e66 / 5.50e; Collected Short Stories. Author's Presentation, London: 1953, Duckworth & Co. Ltd., Macmillan & Co. Ltd. first edition, 8vo. (225 x 150mm), publisher's smooth orange buckram, both gilt publisher's credits and gilt titles to black panel on spine, black top, pictorial dustwrapper unclipped, , inscribed by the author and dated in blue ink to front free e/p., 'For / dearest Sachie and Georgia / from Osbert / April:14:'53', 540pp, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e67 / 5.50f: The Four Continents, Being More Discursions on Travel, Art and Life. Author's Presentation, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1954. first edition, 8vo., (150 x 225mm), publisher's smooth orange buckram, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, black top, pictorial dustwrapper, design by H. Cowdell, unclipped, inscribed and dated by the author in black ink to front free e/p., , 'For / dearest Sachie and Georgia / with love / from Osbert / ?July. 2. 1954', 24 b/w. photo. illustrated plates, 282pp. Osbert Sitwell's handwriting noticeably shakier due to his Parkinsons disease which was diagnosed in the mid 1950s, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e68 / 5.50g; On the Continent. A Book of Inquilinics. Author's Presentation, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1958. first edition, 8vo., (221 x 145mm), publisher's smooth orange buckram, black top, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, dustwrapper unclipped, shakily inscribed and dated by the author in black ink to front free e/p., 'to / dearest Sachie and Georgia / with best love / from / Osbert / March.7.1958',. 109pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e69 / 5.50h; Tales My Father Taught Me. An Evocation of Extravagant Episodes. Hutchinson of London, 1962. first edition, publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to blue panel on spine, blue top, dustwrapper unclipped, design by H. Cowdell, grey e/ps., 15 b/w. photo. illustrated plates, including frontispiece, 207pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e70 / 5.50i.Provenance: From the Sitwell Family Library.(Qty. 5)Condition Report: 1. Wrack at Tideside: A Book of Balnearics - clean bright cloth with a few minor marks, dustwrapper with light marks and edge nicks, o/w. a clean copy.2. Collected Short Stories - bright clean cloth, lower spine a little bumped, dustwrapper with light foxing, o/w. a clean copy.3. The Four Continents - clean bright cloth, spine marginally bumped head/tail, clean dustwrapper save a few marks to lower wrapper, a clean copy.4. On the Continent. A Book of Inquilinics - clean bright cloth, front top corner dented, a few light marks to the otherwise clean bright dustwrapper, a clean copy.5. Tales My Father Taught Me. An Evocation of Extravagant Episodes - clean bright cloth, spine bumped at tail, clean bright dustwrapper with a few minor marks, a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, Osbert. (1892 - 1969). Six Works: Two Author's Presentation copies and four others, 1926-1944. comprises: The Man who lost Himself. Presentation copy to Sacheverell and Georgia Sitwell, Duckworth, London, 1929. first edition, 8vo., (195 x 140mm), original publisher's orange decorated paper boards, black cloth spine, dustwrapper, unclipped, inscribed in pencil by the author to his younger brother and sister-in-law to front free e/p., 'For dearest Sachie + Georgia, / or Georgia + Sachie / from Osbert Sitwell', half-title, 288pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e03 / 5.8; Before the Bombardment. Duckworth, London, 1926. first edition of the author's first novel, 8vo. (192 x 145mm), publisher's smooth orange cloth, blue lettering to spine, dustwrapper, unclipped, blue top, others untrimmed, 320pp., NPG. label loosely inserted. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e61 / 5.50a; Sing Hi! Sing Low!. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1944. first edition, 8vo.,(220 x 1405mm), publisher's rust-red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, 188pp., NPG tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e65 / 5.50d; A Letter to My Son. Home & Van Thal Ltd., 1944. first edition, 8vo., (190 x 130mm), dark blue cloth, gilt lettering to front, dustwrapper unclipped, 32pp, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e41 / 5.44: MINNEY, R.J. (1895 - 1979). and SITWELL, Osbert. (1892 - 1969). Gentle Caesar. A Play in Three Acts, Presentation copy to Sacheverell and Georgia Sitwell. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1942. first edition, 8vo., (190 x 130mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed by Osbert Sitwell in blue ink to front free e/p., ' For / darling Georgia / and Sachie / with best love / from / Osbert / March. 1943'. half-title, 129pp.; SITWELL, Osbert. Winters of Content. More Discursions on Travel, Art, and Life. Duckworth, 1932. second impression, 8vo., (225 x 150mm), woodcut title page from a wood block by Eric Ravilious, 291pp. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall. Condition Report: 1. The Man who lost Himself - clean bright boards, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper marked and worn, torn (with loss) head and tail of spine, foxing to lower edge with further intermittent light foxing internally, joint splitting p.168-169.2. Before the Bombardment - clean, bright cloth, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper marked, clean edge tears and edge nicks, torn (with loss) top r.h. corner of front, and top/tail of spine, edges foxed with further intermittent foxing throughout, some heavier in places.3. Sing Hi! Sing Low! - a few marks to the bright cloth, dustwrapper marked and foxed to inside of wrapper, light foxing to e/ps., o/w. clean internally.4. A Letter to My Son - clean bright cloth, a few minor marks, dustwrapper marked, foxing to top and lower edges, o/w. a clean copy.5. Gentle Caesar - cloth very lightly marked, spine a little scuffed head/tail, dustwrapper marked and spine a little grubby, ome toning internally, o/w. clean. 6. Winters of Content - publisher's orange cloth, gilt lettering to spine, ownership signature to front free e/p., 16 b/w. photo. plates (including frontispiece); cloth marked with some white marks, corners scuffed, spine faded, marked and bumped head/tail, light foxing to edges and e/ps., some toning internally, o/w. clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

OSBERT SITWELL. (1892 - 1969). Autograph Letter to Edith Sitwell, Montegufoni, (c. 1949). An Autograph Letter from Osbert Sitwell to his sister Edith. 2pp., 25 lines written on both sides of a single leaf in blue ink, from Castello di Montegufoni, undated, (c. 1949). Osbert congratulates and highly praises Edith on the publication of her book, 'The Canticle of the Rose', 'Darling, . . . The Canticle of the Rose, with me out here, and have been through it from beginning to end . . . I think it is so important that you have bought all the flowers of your poetry together in this way . . . And then, suddenly, with Gold Coast Customs, you sail into your own with the full splendour of the technique you have achieved . . . No other living poet is worth a tenth of what you have . . . You must be a very proud woman, as I am a proud man being your brother. Osbert', within a clear protective sleeve, NPG. printed label to front. The National Portrait Gallery Exhibition, The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Edith Sitwell's book, 'The Canticle of the Rose', first US. edition was published in 1949. Castello di Montegufoni, near Florence, Italy, was purchased by Sir George Sitwell in 1909 and inherited by Osbert on his father's death in 1943. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.  Condition Report: clean and unfolded.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). Facade. Author's Presentation to her mother, signed and inscribed Limited edition, Privately Printed for the author. The Favill Press, Kensington, 1922. single volume, second edition, 8vo., (187 x 132mm), signed by Edith Sitwell, number 92 of 150 copies, original orange paper boards with brick pattern, white paper label, printed in black, pasted to front, foredge untrimmed, further inscribed by the author to her mother in black ink on front free e/p., 'Darling Mother / with Ediths very best love', half-title, colour frontispiece by Gino Severini tipped in, Compositor: Zina Drummond. Pressmen: Crosby Oakes, Kathleen Nutting, 27pp. 150 copies privately printed in February 1922. (Five extra un-numbered copies printed for printer's file and copyright purposes). NPG. tissue wrapping with printed label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. c18 / 3.10. The first performance of Facade was held at Carlyle Square on 22 January, 1922, before an invited audience of the Sitwell's friends. They were each given typewritten programmes which preceded this first official edition.Lady Ida Emily Augusta Denison was Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell's mother, married Sir George Sitwell on November 26, 1886; within a few days of the wedding she ran home to her parents, but was firmly sent back to her husband. Lady Ida Sitwell, developing a taste for champagne and whiskey, had a difficult relationship with Sir George and her three children. In 1915, she was taken to court over another monetary scandal and was sentenced to three months in Holloway for fraud. Edith wrote, 'In later years after she had fallen amongst thieves, her appearance still retained the vestiges of that summer beauty, but as though a black veil had been thrown over it'.Provenance: From the Library of Dame Edith Sitwell.Condition Report: boards bright but worn, front board splitting but attached, corners scuffed, spine split with loss to brick pattern, front free e/ps. with finger mark smudges, joints splitting p.16-17, o/w. clean internally.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ [THE SITWELLS & OTHERS]. WHEELS. An Anthology of Verse. six vols, (1916-1928). comprises: Wheels: An Anthology of Verse, Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, (1916). original cloth-backed pictorial yellow boards, edges untrimmed, new e/ps., half-title with manuscript date '1916', written in pencil, circular diagrammatic title incorporating contributors, includes poems by Osbert and Edith Sitwell, Nancy Cunard, Iris Tree, Sacheverell Sitwell's first published poem, 'Li-Tai-Pe Drinks and Drowns', NPG. tissue wrapping with printed label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b37 / 2.28a; Wheels: A Second Cycle, Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, (1917). original green and red cloth-backed boards, design C.W. Beaumont, edges untrimmed, new e/ps., contributors include Aldous Huxley, Sherard Vines, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. Wilfred Owen purchased this cycle when considering The Sitwell's request to publish his poems. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b38 / 2.28b; Wheels: 1918: A Third Cycle, [editor, Edith Sitwell]. Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, (1918). original red and black cloth-backed boards, 'The Sky Pilot' design Laurence Atkinson, part label to spine, edges untrimmed, new e/ps., (thus lacking Guevara's original endpapers), includes Alvaro Guevara's translations of two Spanish poems, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b39 / 2.28c; Wheels: 1919: A Fourth Cycle, [editor, Edith Sitwell]. Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1919. original cloth-backed boards, 'Gun Drill' design William Roberts, part label to spine, new e/ps., (thus lacking Roberts' original endpapers), half-title, dedicated to the memory of Wilfred Owen and includes seven of his poems, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b40 / 2.28d; Wheels: 1920: Fifth Cycle. [editor, Edith Sitwell]. Duckworth. London, 1928. re-issue of 1920s first edition, original cloth-backed boards, design Gino Severini, paper label to spine, new e/ps., (thus lacking Severini's original endpapers), half-title, with manuscript date '5 1920', written in pencil, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b41 / 2.28e. Wheels: 1921: Sixth Cycle. [editor, Edith Sitwell]. London: C.W. Daniel Ltd., 1921. white cloth-backed boards, design William Roberts, white paper label to spine, new e/ps., further within paper wrappers. NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b43 / 2.28f. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.   Condition Report: 1. Wheels: An Anthology of Verse - yellow boards marked, corners stained, worn and scuffed, new endpapers, some toning o/w. clean internally.2. Wheels: A Second Cycle - green and red circular design boards marked and worn, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, new endpapers, some toning o/w. clean internally.3. Wheels: 1918: A Third Cycle - 'The Sky Pilot' red and black boards marked and worn, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, new endpapers, thus lacking Alvaro Guevara's original e/ps., part paper label to spine, some toning o/w. clean internally.4. Wheels: 1919: Fourth Cycle - 'Gun Drill' boards worn and marked, corners scuffed (with some loss), new endpapers, thus lacking William Roberts' original e/ps., some toning o/w. clean internally. Wifred Owen's seven poems include 'The Show', 'Strange Meeting', 'A Terre', 'The Sentry', 'Disabled', 'The Dead Beat' and 'The Chances'.5. Wheels: 1920: Fifth Cycle - boards marked and a little dented, corners scuffed, spine a little bumped head/tail, new endpapers,a small tear (with loss) to lower r.h. corner of p.9, 'Cornucopia' by Osbert Sitwell, some toning o/w. clean internally.6. Wheels: 1921: Sixth Cycle - boards with light marks, corners very slightly scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, a little toning, o/w. clean internally.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). Facade. Dame Edith Sitwell's Personal copy, signed, limited edition, privately printed for the author. The Favill Press, Kensington, 1922. single volume, 8vo., (187 x 132mm), with the author's ownership signature 'Edith Sitwell' to front free e/p., un-numbered limited edition of 150 copies, original orange brick design boards, printed label to front, foredge untrimmed, half-title, colour frontispiece by Gino Severini, 27pp, NPG. tissue wrapping with printed label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. c17 / 3.10; together with - Sir William Walton, Facade / Facade 2. Vinyl L.P Album, stereo, Oxford University Press, 1980. recorded at The Maltings, Snape, the first recording of Facade 2, conducted by Steurt Bedford; gatefold sleeve, illustration by John Piper, OUP 201A / OUP 201B, inner paper sleeve, Facade Entertainment Text 6pp., including a complete facsimile of William Walton's manuscript score for Facade 2.Provenance: From the Library of Dame Edith Sitwell.(Qty 2.)  

Ɵ R.G.H. [GATHORNE-HARDY, Robert]. (1902 - 1973). Seven Poems written in War Time. Author's Presentation copy to Osbert Sitwell, 1947, with 10 others, 1930-1963. comprises: R.G.H. [GATHORNE-HARDY, Robert]. (1902 - 1973). Seven Poems written in War Time. Author's Presentation copy to Osbert Sitwell. Stanford Dingley, The Mill House Press, 1947. first edition, Limited edition of forty-five copies printed, for private circulation only, by Kyrle Leng and Robert Gathorne-Hardy, original thinly sewn paper wrappers, lettered in black, edges untrimmed, inscribed by the author in blue ink to Osbert Sitwell on verso of title page, 'For Osbert / with love from / Bob', 7pp; LORCA, Frederico Garcia. (1898 - 1936). Selected Poems of Frederico Garcia. The New Hogarth Library, Vol. XI, The Hogarth Press, London, 1947. third impression, 8vo., (188 x 124mm), blue cloth, lettered in red to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, translated by Stephen Spender and J.L. Gili, 56pp; with a loosely inserted typescript receipt from A.B. Ward Booksellers, Sheffield, to Dr. Edith Sitwell, Renishaw Hall, Nr. Sheffield, dated 16th May, 1949, for the purchase and postage of this book; SPENDER, Stephen. (1909 - 1995). Collected Poems 1928-1953. Faber and Faber, London, 1955. first edition, 8vo., (205 x140mm), original publisher's salmon cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, dedicated to, Natasha, half-title, 211pp. The long awaited publication of the author's poems of twenty-five years, carefully selected by the poet. Sir Stephen Harold Spender was an English poet, novelist, essayist. Spender was Edith Sitwell's closest friends among the 'Pylon' Poets, he and his wife Natasha, became almost indispensable to Edith during the Sesame Club Years; CAMPBELL, Roy. (1901 - 1957). Selected Poems. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1955. first edition, Review Copy, 8vo., (222 x 145mm), publisher's emerald green cloth, gilt lettered to maroon panels on front and spine, dustwrapper unclipped, publisher's note with red text and blue typescript, pasted to front free e/p. 'Review Copy, do not publish before publication date . . . Publication date: April, 18, 1955 . . . ', half-title, 297pp; Poems of St. John of the Cross. The Harvill Press Ltd., London, 1951. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 143mm), publisher's black cloth, lettered in white to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, the Spanish text with a translation by Roy Campbell, Preface by M.C. D'Arcy, S.J., 90pp; with a loosely inserted typescript receipt from A.B. Ward Booksellers, Sheffield, to Dr. Edith Sitwell, D. Litt., Litt. D., Renishaw Hall, Nr. Sheffield, dated 20th May, 1951, for the purchase and postage of this book: Adamastor Poems by Roy Campbell. London, Faber & Faber Ltd., 1930. first edition, 8vo., (195 x 135mm), original red cloth, gilt lettered to spine, foredge and lower edge untrimmed, half-title, 108pp., 2pp. author's advertisements; ROBERTS, Denys Kilham. [editor]. Orion (4). Nicholson & Watson, London, Brussels, 1947. first edition, 8vo., dustwrapper unclipped, contributors include Edward Sackville-West, David Cecil, Edith Sitwell, Walter De La Mare & Osbert Sitwell, Graham Greene, George Barker & others, 149pp; RIMBAULD, Arthur. Oeuvres Completes de Arthur Rimbaud. inscribed to Edith Sitwell by Alberto (de Lacerda), Gallimard, Paris, 1963. 8vo., limp green gilt leather, dustwrapper unclipped, new green e/ps., inscribed in blue ink to original front free e/p., to Edith Sitwell in blue ink to front free e/p., 'To my dear Edith / with my heartiest / congratulations - / with love / from / Alberto / London, 10th June, 54', half-title, French text, 825pp; with ELIOT. T.S. The Waste Land and Other Poems, Faber and Faber, London, 1940. first edition, 8vo., dustwrapper unclipped; FULLER, Roy. The Middle of A War. The New Hogarth Library, Vol VIII, The Hogarth Press, London, 1942. first edition, 8vo., dustwrapper unclipped; LEE, Laurie. The Bloom of Candles Verse from a Poet's Year. John Lehmann, London, 1947. first edition, 8vo., dustwrapper unclipped; (Qty. 11). Provenance: The Library of Dame Edith Sitwell.             

Record of Motor Racing by Gerald Rose A rare and celebrated 1909 first edition printed by George Reveirs of London, being a record of motor racing between 1895 and 1908. In 17 chapters with 143 illustrations, 7 maps and 322pp. The corners bumped and gentle splits to the spine edge, generally sound.

The Montagu Motor Book by G. C. Sherrin, being a First Edition, circa 1910. 288pp with advertisements and good well-defined photographs. The Hon John Scott Montagu, a keen Motorist himself, who fought the case of the early Automobile community, through his position as M.P. and supported books he felt worthy. In good condition. Also, a 1970 reprint of the 1000 Miles Trial promotional brochure, with sound text and images. (2)

Les Automobiles B.N.C. by Gilles Fournier. A limited-edition volume numbered 356 of only 380 available with a slipcase. 2014, 1st edition, 346pp, with a manuscript dedication by the author dated 2014 on the first flyleaf. In excellent condition.

Doyle The World's Automobiles 14 examples from the first issue of 1931 to the 1960s, and includes commercial vehicles, many with their original DJs, and a first edition originally in the 'Bunny' Tubbs library and signed by him. (14) 

Batman: The Killing Joke, first print, American edition 1988.

Stevens, Joan, née Collas, Old Jersey Houses and Those Who Lived in Them 1500-1700, (illustrated by Charles, Philip and Richard Stevens), La Société Jersiaise, 1972, illustrations, line drawings and maps, first published in 1965 by the auther, re-printed in 1966, and re-published in 1972 by La Société Jersiaise, this is therefore in effect the second edition, together with Old Jersey Houses and Those Who Lived in Them, volume II from 1700 onwards. (2)